Edward Shultz, Dean, School of Pacific
and Asian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at MānoaVilsoni Hereniko, Director, Center for Pacific Islands
Studies, University of Hawai‘i at MānoaEdvard Hviding, University of Bergen, Pacific
Alternatives Project Leader

4:30-5:30 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Chair: Edvard Hviding, University of Bergen

Imagining the State as a Vehicle for Cultural Survival:
Reflections on My Entry into Parliament in 2008 Ralph Regenvanu, Vanuatu National
Parliament and Vanuatu National Cultural Council

5:30-7:00 Reception

Wednesday 25 March

8:00-9:00 Registration/breakfast

9:00-9:30 Welcome and conference overviewEdvard Hviding, University of Bergen

Nicholas Thieberger, University of
Hawai‘i at Mānoa (Digitization for Preservation, Repatriation,
and Academic Responsibility—Examples from the PARADISEC and Kaipuleohone
Digital Archives)Guido Pigliasco, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (From
Immemorial Heritage to Digital Memory: Owning History in Fiji)Karen Nero, Macmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies, University of Canterbury (Digitized Images in Support of the Establishment of Virtual Museums in Oceania)Stuart Dawrs, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (Cultural
Heritage Meets Cyber Commons: (Re)creating Island Communities through Digital
Collections)

4:00-5:15 PANEL: Sorcery, Performance and the State in
Oceania
Chair: Lissant Bolton, The British Museum

Witchcraft, Media and State: New Phantasmagoric Spaces
in MelanesiaKnut M Rio, University of Bergen

State "Effects" and Festival PerformancesRosita Henry, James Cook University

Friday 27 March

8:00-8:45 Registration/breakfast

8:45-10:00 ROUND TABLE: Micronesian Alternatives
Chair: David Hanlon, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa